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Nasa is weighing the threat of meteor strikes on its Moon base after a six-storey space rock hit the lunar surface

Nasa is weighing the threat of meteor strikes on its Moon base after a six-storey space rock hit the lunar surface

Nasa boss Jared Isaacman told a Kennedy Space Centre briefing on Friday that the 2024 impact was 'a once-in-a-century type of an event'. The comet or asteroid carved out a crater roughly 728 feet across and 141 feet deep. Nasa plans to land astronauts on the Moon again in 2028. It aims to have a permanently crewed base running by 2032.

Isaacman warned that much smaller strikes will hit the Moon 'with greater frequency'.

Artemis II astronauts saw flashes as meteoroids slammed into the Moon's far side.

Artemis III is due to launch next year to test SpaceX and Blue Origin landers.

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